Describing the corruption in Illinois as deep, wide and pervasive, Pamela Davis, president and chief executive officer of 301-bed Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill., called for an end to the certificate-of-need requirement for new healthcare facilities in Illinois and the whole country.
My personal belief is that there is no reason for certificate of need in any state, Davis said during a news conference call. I believe competition is the best way to regulate the type and amount of healthcare found in a community.
Davis went to the FBI after she said she was approached before a 2003 Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board meeting and was told that Edward Hospitals proposal for a new hospital in Plainfield, Ill., would never get approved unless she followed instructions on which companies to hire for the project.